September
Part 1 of 3 on "Records Protection" - Are your Records Safe from Fire!
No smoking policies, fire extinguishers, adequate hose stations, smoke detection systems, and ceiling systems are some of the basic precautions and practices that "most" record storage companies employ. NFPA, Factory Mutual (FM) and the Federal Government have studied both actual past fire catastrophes and fire modeling and simulation for "high pile" record storage. These findings have led to recommendations/requirements that will limit the risk of fire spread in commercial record storage facilities.